Delve into Madness

The Mad Caves! You all have your reasons why you’re prepared to risk life and limb to crawl into this particular dungeon.

There used to be dwarves here 50 years ago, when the caves were called the Madrof Caves after dwarf king Madrof. The Madrof Caves churned out objects of great artistic and monetary value, but without warning the dwarven miners and artists sealed themselves into the caves.

Rumors say they unleashed something deep in the mountain that they couldn’t allow to escape into the world. But there has to be valuable objects left in those caves, and a couple of wagonfuls of cold hard gold pieces, not to mention monsters that must be destroyed.

Delve into Madness is an old-school dungeon crawl. The initial character descriptions can be extremely simple; you’re fighters, monks, paladins, elves, dwarves, halflings, without the need for a 400 word backstory. Just a sentence or two is enough to let us know how you got here.

What will define your character is how they behave in the story. Try to leave most of the character creation to posts from the narrator, the other players, and yourself. Be prepared for the character to change, to lose an arm or gain a neurosis, as we explore who they are.

I look for 4 players that want some old-school fun. I set the posting speed to Normal, but I’m leaning towards the slower side of the scale, so don’t get alarmed if a couple of days go by between posts. The theme is supposed to be beer-and-pretzels fun, with some dark comedy bits.